penalty vs economic strangulation

economic strangulation vs penalty

penalty and economic strangulation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
penalty	Yes	No	No	No
economic strangulation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, economic strangulation is a hyponym of penalty; that is, economic strangulation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than penalty:

penalty: the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
economic strangulation: punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them

Other hyponyms of penalty include castigation, chastisement, corporal punishment, cruel and unusual punishment, detention, correction, discipline, imprisonment, medicine, music, self-punishment, stick, penance, self-abasement, self-mortification.

penalty (noun)	economic strangulation (noun)
the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty	punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them
the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition
(games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

Difference between penalty and economic strangulation

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